Display cabinet



Feb. 9 1926. 1,572,753

L. H. NUTTER DISPLAY CABINET Filed Oct. 4, 1922 2f Page Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE;

LYSLE H. NUTTEE, OF HAMBURG, ARKANSAS.

DISFLAY CABINET.

Application filed October 4, 1.922. Serial No. 592,370.

To all w lio/ri 'it may concern lBe it known that I, LYs'Ln H. Nnr'rnn, a 'citizen of the United States, residing at Hamburg, in the county of Ashley and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Cabinets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawinvs.

his invention relates to display cabinets, and has for its object to provide a cabinet capable of holding a number of articles of merchandise not only for the purpose of display, but for the purpose of permitting the merchandise to be measured and cut in an economical manner.

It is anotherobject of the invention to 'provide a cabinet of this character adapted to hold spools of material, and wherein .means are provided for preventing the matei-iai from unwinding to a greater extent than that desired.

lt is a further object of the invention to provide a cabinet of this character having means for su )porting a number of spools of material, and also means whereby the material from any one of the spools may he measisircd and cut without leaving any long projecting ends of material after the material desired has been removed. t lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the improved construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more particularly described, fully claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of a display cabinet constructed in accordance with an emliodiment of the invention;

l`ignre 2 a rear elevation;

Figure o is a transverse sectional view; und

Figure f1 is a fragmentary sectional view of the partition and the supports of the shafts. p

Referringr to the drawings, 5 designates a cabinet including end walls 6 and 7, a .front wall 8, a rear wall 9 and a bottom 10. A cover or lid 11 is provided in the form of a frame having'a pane of glass disposed therein. Thefcotver is hinged to the edge of the rear .wall 9.. The upper edges of the end wallsit and 27 incline toward the front Wall .sonstedispose the lid ll 1n an 111- clined position andl thus permit the contents ot the cabinet to be viewed from above.

Disposed within the cabinet is a partition 1.2 having a threaded socket member 13 disposed in each side face thereof and centrally of the partition. The partition divides the cabinet into two compartments. The end walls 6 and 7 are each provided with openings 111, through which a shaft 15 extends, one shaft being provided for each comparte ment. The end portion 16 of each shaft is threaded and adapted. to engage the adjacent threaded socket of the partition 12. The end portion 17 of the shaft is iiattened to provide a thumb piece for rotating the shaft'to apply or remove the same from the casing. Each of the shafts 15 are intended to receive a number of spools or. reels A of merchandise, suchas ribbon, elastic, braid, lace, etc. The front wall 8, is provided with an elongated opening 18 in which a pane of glass 19 is disposed so that the merchandise within the cabinet maybe be viewed from the front thereof.

The rear wall 9 of the casing is provided with a slot 2O which extends longitudinally ofthe rear'wall, adjacent the upper edge thereof` This slot is intended to receive the ends of the material carried by the reelsor spools A so that the material may be removed from the reels according to the quantity required by the customer. A .tightener 21 is provided, said tightener comprising arod having its end portions extended at right angles and provided with openings 22, said end portions being adapted to embrace the ends of the rcar wall and to receive pivot means 23. The tightener is mounted so that the major portion thereof is disposed substantially in front of the slot to prevent the material on the spools or reels from unwiuding to a greater extent than that required. rlhis.eliminatesI the necessity of winding the material back upon the reels after a portion thereof has been removed. 0f course, if it is desired that a large quantity be removed from the spools and that the spool be rotated apidly, the tightener may be moved upwardly and the material disengaged therefrom.

In connection with the cabinet, novel measuring means are` used, said means comprising a supporting member 211 which is secured to the lower edge of the outer face of the rear Wall. This supporting member is intended to support a rule 25, the length of the rule corresponding to the length ot' the casing so as to eliminate projections at the end \valls of the easing When the device is not in use. The rule 25 is provided with a slot 26 which extends longitudinally o't the rule and through the side 'faces thereof. A stop member 27, such as a screw or pin, is disposed Centrally of the rear wall 9 and Within the slot 2o, said pin beiner adapted to engage either. end portion of the slot 2li to prevent disengagement of the rule 'from the easing'.

ln the use ol the device, as previously stated, a number ot' spools or reels are'plaeed upon the shafts 15..A The ends ,ofv the material on the spools are then threaded through the. slots 20. Then it is desired to remove material from a spool in the l'eit hand compartment' of the. cabinet, say for instance a spool adjacent the partition 12, the rule 26 is. moved longitudinally of the rear Wall of. the cabinet, upon the support 2li, until the inch indication on the rule. Comes beneath the. proiecting, end portion ot'. the material. This eliminates theV necessity oi' unwindingga: large portion of the material in order to permit the saine to be measured. The materia-ly mav then beV measured in the usual manner and when the desired quantity has been removed the material is out at thel end of the rule disposed-adjacent the stop so that only a` very small end portion is left projecting from the rear Wall of the easing7 This eliminates the necessity, of raising the cover and reivinding. the material, on the reel. This operation may be repeatedfor a spool in the left handr compartment; of the Cabinet,A as` itis possible to'move the rule Lit provides means whereby the material may be displayed at. all times. All ot these features yare possessed by a device which is simple in construction.

That is claimed is:

A display eabinetcomprising a easing,

shait disposed in said casing: and adapted to support 1nerehandise,the rear Wall of said easinghaving a longitudinally extending slot, for the reception of the mero'hai'idise, a supportingmember carried b v the lower portion of the rearwall eXteriorly o'l the casing, a rulefmovabl'y mounted on ltl support, said rule being movable loiigitir dinally ot' the rear Wall of*1 the Casing', said rule being provided With a longitudinally disposed slotextending substantially the entire length thereof, and a stop member extending outwardlly from the rear wall ot' the easingV and extending through the slot ot the rule,`said stop member being lpositioned above and at substantially the longi- *Wl-"nal conter of the supporting member, said stop member eoaeting with the ends oi the sl'ot to limit the longitudinal movement of the rule in either direction. l

In testimony whereof I yhereunto alilv my signature.

LYsLE H. NU' "rin-i` 

